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Contractor Mota Engil appeals for working space to speedily finalize Area 18 Interchange

November 12, 2019

By Duncan Mlanjira Mota Engil Malawi, the contractors constructing Malawi’s first-ever traffic interchange at the Area 18 in Lilongwe, has raised a concern of being impeded in their work by motorists using the site, saying they need working space in order to meet their deadline. Mota Engil’s Head of PR, Thomas Chafunya, said the company had on several occasions asked road users through media advisories to motorists to budget their travel plans by using other routes if possible…

Heart surgery can be performed locally if government can invest in it

November 11, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi currently does not have a heart surgery specialist (cardiothoracic) since the only one the country had, Dr. Kayambo, based in Lilongwe retired. This has come to the fore following the good news of a successful lifesaving heart surgery of a Malawian child, Lemos Tsatawe, which was carried out at the Wolfson Medical Center in Israel with help of volunteer medical team members of Save a Child’s Heart. Lemos was flown to Israel in August…

Malawian kid successfully undergoes lifesaving surgery in Israel

November 11, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian child, Lemos Tsatawe has flown back from Israel and is at to his home village at Cape Maclear in Mangochi after he had just had a life-saving heart surgery on September 2 at the Wolfson Medical Center by the volunteer medical team members of Save a Child’s Heart, in Israel. According to a press statement from Save a Child’s Heart, Malawi is the 62nd country as a member of the Israeli NGO, that is…

Government for inclusive education — Veep Chimulirenji

November 11, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira The Vice-President of the Republic of Malawi, the Right Honourable Everton Herbert Chimulirenji, has inaugurated the MACOHA flag week with an assurance that governrment will continue promoting access to education for all including persons with disabilities. The Vice-President pointed out that government realizes that persons with disabilities face a lot of challenges, hence it has put in place legal instruments in order to protect the rights of persons with disabilities. The Right Honourable Chimulirenji said…

Civil servant-turned farmer Lot Dzonzi believes one can never go wrong in growing food

November 11, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira In his quest to properly enjoy his retirement after 32 years of government service, 28 years of which as a law enforcement officer and 4 years as a diplomat, former Inspector General of Police, Lot Thauzeni Pansipadana Dzonzi has concentrated on one of his passions — farming. Dzonzi, who has concentrated on growing food, says one can never go wrong with horticulture, saying there are 17 million mouths to feed in this country. “If daring,…

A group of Malawian generation of the 1970s organising fun train ride for Limbe to Balaka

November 11, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira A group of Malawians who were born in the 1970s, calling themselves Oldies Connection 70s on a Facebook profile that started in September this year, is organising a fun train ride from Limbe to Balaka on November 30 as a reminisce of the good old days when the country used to have such fun events ahead of Christmas. According to one of the organisers, Harold Bema, the idea was mooted during one of their…

Untapped potential on South American herbaceous plant Quinoa which is favourable on Malawian soils

November 10, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian farmer, Kingsley Gwaza is amongst Lilongwe-based farmers who growing Quinoa, a herbaceous annual plant that originated from South America and is favourable on Malawian soils. Quinoa is one of the world’s most popular health foods as it’s gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain sufficient amounts of all nine essential amino acids. It is also high in fiber, magnesium, B vitamins, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin E and…

Malawi Council of Churches asks government not to dictate to the them over faith-based dress code

November 10, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Council of Churches Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) has asked the government not to dictate to them on what to do following the statement from the Ministry of Education that said no child should be excluded from school for dressing according to their religious rights unless the type of dress offends public morality or school discipline. The communique from the Ministry’s Secretary for Education, Science and Technology,…

MDF shoots dead soldier who killed two fellow soldiers

November 10, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Defence Force (MDF) managed to track down shoot dead Corporal Robert Banya, the fugitive soldier who is reported to have shot dead his fellow soldiers at Tsangano in Ntcheu when they tried to dissuade him from shooting his former lover, another MDF female soldier. Reports say Banya fled to Ntcheu Boma and as the MDF mounted a manhunt locals, who had identified him alerted the Military Police ho were spotted at the Boma. “Upon…

Revered journalist Chinyeke Tembo is resting in peace but Malawians still fondly remember him

November 9, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira A post on Facebook posted by Davies Saddo, the man who had close contact with one of the best Malawian journalist, late Chinyeke Tembo, attracted an avalanche of responses in which all revered this professional, who made a difference in the country’s media in the short span he was in the industry. Saddo posted Chinyeke’s picture as an eulogy, saying: “Don’t mind if he looks strange to you, youngsters. But he was one of the…